Frontend Mentor - Intro component with sign up form solution

This is a solution to the Intro component with sign up form challenge on Frontend Mentor. Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects.

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Overview

The challenge

Users should be able to:

  • View the optimal layout for the site depending on their device's screen size
  • See hover states for all interactive elements on the page
  • Receive an error message when the form is submitted if:
  • Any input field is empty. The message for this error should say "[Field Name] cannot be empty"
  • The email address is not formatted correctly (i.e. a correct email address should have this structure: name@host.tld). The message for this error should say "Looks like this is not an email"

Extra challenge

  • Password need to be a minimal of 8 character
  • Make invalid warning show up when blur from input

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My process

Built with

  • Semantic HTML5 markup
  • CSS custom properties
  • Flexbox
  • JS from scratch
  • Mobile-first workflow

What I learned

  • Using CSS costume property/CSS variable
  • How to style form
  • How to make an element visually hidden, but still be read by screen reader
  • Using text-wrap: pretty to wrap without making orphan word

Useful resources

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